Thursday, 30 April 2015 from 18:30 to 20:30 (BST)

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Australia is one of the most forward-looking and innovative countries as far as heavy goods vehicles are concerned. It is more difficult to make progress in the UK, but there are people trying! This talk by Prof David Cebon will discuss recent research into heavy goods vehicles: efforts to make them safer, more manoeuvrable, more productive as well as improving fuel-efficiency and reducing environmental impact.

David Cebon is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in Cambridge University, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Operations Engineers. He is Director of the Cambridge Vehicle Dynamics Consortium and the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight. He leads Cambridge University Engineering Department’s Transport Research Group and the Department's research theme: 'Energy, Transport and Urban Infrastructure'. He serves on the Editorial Boards of three international journals.

Professor Cebon’s research covers the mechanical, civil, and materials aspects of road transport engineering. He has authored and co-authored numerous papers on dynamic loads of heavy vehicles, road and bridge response and damage, traffic information, advanced suspension design for heavy vehicles, heavy vehicle safety and mobility, heavy vehicle fuel consumption and the micromechanics of asphalt deformation and fracture. He has a Ph.D. in engineering from Cambridge University and a bachelor’s degree from Melbourne University.